Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  On April - 15 death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on April - 15.  

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian  

1472  On this day in history leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on April - 15.  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

1607  On April - 15 cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62  

1621  On this day in history death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony  

1632  On April - 15 death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

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1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on April - 15.  

1652  On April - 15 death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church  

1659  Simon Dach, German poet, dies on April - 15.  

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76  

1754  On April - 15 death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)  

1756  Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on April - 15.  

1765  On April - 15 michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53  

1788  On this day in history giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77  

1793  On April - 15 death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)  

1804  On April - 15 death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61  

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on April - 15.  

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on April - 15.  

1863  On April - 15 jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90  

1866  William Jackson, composer, dies at 51 on April - 15.  

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  On this day in history death of father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840)  

1891  Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49 on April - 15.  

1898  On this day in history death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history death of edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850)  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on this day in history.  

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  On April - 15 birth of pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)  

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on this day in history.  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on April - 15.  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.